"stuart noble" wrote in message ...

You mean the original mortar the bricks were laid on? If a wall relied on
this being a perfect seal, they'd all leak. Have you never dismantled one?

The pointing is what matters.

So we're relying on 1/4" of sand and cement, perched precariously on (and
invariably not bonded to) 100 year old bricks are we? Try that on a SW
facing wall.

You get better results using lime for pointing than cement. I gave you
the link twice... no exucse for ignorance.

NT